Middle income - Rural population

Rural population

The value for Rural population in Middle income was 2,734,525,000 as of 2020. As the graph below shows, over the past 60 years this indicator reached a maximum value of 2,754,996,000 in 2013 and a minimum value of 1,612,629,000 in 1960.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

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Year Value
1960 1,612,629,000
1961 1,621,570,000
1962 1,640,672,000
1963 1,669,149,000
1964 1,697,222,000
1965 1,731,494,000
1966 1,768,397,000
1967 1,804,570,000
1968 1,841,608,000
1969 1,880,182,000
1970 1,919,701,000
1971 1,959,392,000
1972 1,997,048,000
1973 2,033,116,000
1974 2,067,187,000
1975 2,101,531,000
1976 2,133,286,000
1977 2,164,046,000
1978 2,191,886,000
1979 2,217,240,000
1980 2,242,283,000
1981 2,267,758,000
1982 2,295,978,000
1983 2,325,549,000
1984 2,353,841,000
1985 2,382,185,000
1986 2,411,211,000
1987 2,440,941,000
1988 2,470,275,000
1989 2,498,775,000
1990 2,526,836,000
1991 2,552,456,000
1992 2,576,285,000
1993 2,598,754,000
1994 2,620,001,000
1995 2,640,177,000
1996 2,659,504,000
1997 2,677,906,000
1998 2,694,944,000
1999 2,710,358,000
2000 2,723,933,000
2001 2,733,392,000
2002 2,739,060,000
2003 2,743,342,000
2004 2,746,521,000
2005 2,748,792,000
2006 2,750,695,000
2007 2,751,928,000
2008 2,752,538,000
2009 2,752,634,000
2010 2,752,122,000
2011 2,752,800,000
2012 2,754,141,000
2013 2,754,996,000
2014 2,754,900,000
2015 2,753,841,000
2016 2,752,001,000
2017 2,749,606,000
2018 2,745,832,000
2019 2,740,850,000
2020 2,734,525,000

Rural population (% of total population)

Rural population (% of total population) in Middle income was 46.73 as of 2020. Its highest value over the past 60 years was 75.87 in 1960, while its lowest value was 46.73 in 2020.

Definition: Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population.

Source: World Bank staff estimates based on the United Nations Population Division's World Urbanization Prospects: 2018 Revision.

See also:

Year Value
1960 75.87
1961 75.36
1962 74.87
1963 74.42
1964 73.96
1965 73.73
1966 73.52
1967 73.29
1968 73.06
1969 72.84
1970 72.62
1971 72.37
1972 72.10
1973 71.78
1974 71.42
1975 71.12
1976 70.76
1977 70.40
1978 69.93
1979 69.37
1980 68.81
1981 68.24
1982 67.70
1983 67.21
1984 66.70
1985 66.19
1986 65.69
1987 65.19
1988 64.69
1989 64.20
1990 63.72
1991 63.24
1992 62.76
1993 62.29
1994 61.81
1995 61.33
1996 60.85
1997 60.37
1998 59.88
1999 59.38
2000 58.88
2001 58.31
2002 57.70
2003 57.07
2004 56.44
2005 55.81
2006 55.18
2007 54.56
2008 53.94
2009 53.31
2010 52.69
2011 52.08
2012 51.48
2013 50.87
2014 50.27
2015 49.67
2016 49.07
2017 48.47
2018 47.88
2019 47.30
2020 46.73

Classification

Topic: Environment Indicators

Sub-Topic: Density & urbanization